"incubus" meaning in Latin

See incubus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈin.ku.bus/ [Classical], [ˈɪŋkʊbʊs̠] [Classical], /ˈin.ku.bus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈiŋkubus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From incubō¹ (“I lie upon”, “I brood over”, “I am a burden to”), perhaps via an alteration of the Classical incubō² (“incubus”, “nightmare”). Etymology templates: {{root|la|ine-pro|*ḱewb-}}, {{m|la|incubō|incubō¹|I lie upon”, “I brood over”, “I am a burden to}} incubō¹ (“I lie upon”, “I brood over”, “I am a burden to”), {{m|la|incubō|incubō²|incubus”, “nightmare}} incubō² (“incubus”, “nightmare”) Head templates: {{la-noun|incubus<2>}} incubus m (genitive incubī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|incubus<2>}} Forms: incubī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], incubus [nominative, singular], incubī [nominative, plural], incubī [genitive, singular], incubōrum [genitive, plural], incubō [dative, singular], incubīs [dative, plural], incubum [accusative, singular], incubōs [accusative, plural], incubō [ablative, singular], incubīs [ablative, plural], incube [singular, vocative], incubī [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) the nightmare, incubus Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine Categories (topical): Sleep Synonyms (nightmare, incubus): incubitor, incubō

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for incubus meaning in Latin (4.7kB)

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